KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., June 21, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Neoware Systems (Nasdaq:NWRE), the leading supplier of award-winning software, services, and appliances for thin client computing, today announced that the State of Delaware has standardized on Neoware's software and thin client appliances for use in all of its Department of Labor employment offices.
Neoware's thin client appliances are powering the Delaware Department of Labor's public access workstations throughout the state of Delaware, dramatically improving security and reliability. Using Neoware thin client appliances, job applicants can apply for unemployment, search job postings on the Web, send and receive e-mail, or perform other employment research at publicly available workstations.
The security of Neoware's thin client appliances is giving Delaware residents non-stop access to the Department of Labor's electronic services, speeding up unemployment claim processing, helping applicants find new positions more quickly, providing e-mail access and improving quality of service.
With significantly enhanced security compared to personal computers, Neoware thin client appliances are immune from standard PC viruses that users might encounter while they're surfing the Web or receiving e-mail. Since the Neoware devices are used by the public, the Department of Labor wanted a secure solution to eliminate downtime and costly ongoing administration.
"Before switching to Neoware thin client appliances, we were constantly dealing with problems with our personal computers," commented Wade Bendler of the State of Delaware Department of Labor. "We were unable to lock the PCs down as tightly as we needed so users were able to reconfigure the PCs or infect them with viruses. It wasn't malicious, but being public access PCs anything could happen."
"Fixing personal computers was costly and time consuming, requiring a technician to sit at the PC, manually reconfigure the software or eliminate the virus, test the fixes, then lock the PC back up. This was repeated with every damaged PC, requiring frequent service calls," Bendler continued. "That's all changed since standardizing on Neoware's thin client devices, because Neoware's enhanced security locks down the thin client appliances so users can't make changes. Neoware thin clients also are immune from the standard PC viruses that previously caused so many problems."
"Now we hardly get any service calls," stated Barry Fellman, the engineer for Versalign Inc., Wilmington, Del., who supplied Neoware's thin client appliances to the State of Delaware. "Neoware thin client appliances just work, which is allowing the State of Delaware to better serve its citizens and save money at the same time."
"Neoware software and thin client appliances are excellent solutions for anyone looking to improve the security and reliability of their computer systems," commented Michael Kantrowitz, Chairman and CEO of Neoware. "Neoware server-based computing solutions are ideal for public access environments because they provide the capability of today's most powerful personal computers at much lower up-front and total costs. Because Neoware products are more secure, more reliable and more manageable than personal computers, they are providing meaningful ongoing savings to organizations around the world."
About Neoware
Neoware's software, services, and thin client appliances make computing more secure, manageable, reliable and affordable by enabling global enterprises to fully leverage server-based computing. By incorporating open, standards-based technologies and eliminating the obsolescence that is built into standard PC architectures, Neoware provides enterprises with increased flexibility and choice, as well as lower up-front and total costs.
Neoware's software products enable enterprises to gain control of their desktops, and to integrate mainframe, midrange, UNIX and Linux applications with Windows(r) and the web. Neoware's thin client appliances enable enterprises to run applications on servers, and display them across wired or wireless networks on secure, managed, reliable appliances that cost as little as one fourth the price of today's typical business PC. Neoware services enable corporations to benefit from server-based computing with training and end-to-end support.
Neoware's products are available worldwide from IBM, as well as from select, knowledgeable resellers. More information about Neoware can be found on the Web at http://www.neoware.com or via email at invest@neoware.com. Neoware is based in King of Prussia, PA.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding: our expectation of gaining market share as a result of our new product introductions; the growth of the thin client segment of the PC industry; our belief as to Open Management increasing thin client sales; and the benefits of our business model allowing customers to lower ongoing costs of technology ownership. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in any such forward-looking statement include acceptance of our thin client products, pricing pressures, rapid technological changes in the industry, growth of the Appliance Computing market, increased competition, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, adverse changes in general economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally and political and economic uncertainties associated with current world events. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Neoware's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 and Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2003 and December 31, 2003. Neoware, ThinPC and TeemTalk are trademarks of Neoware Systems, Inc. All other names products and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.